St. Pierre v. St. Pierre

This appeal was taken by the defendant from an order of the Superior Court entered on the plaintiff’s motion to modify a divorce judgment. The order increased the amount of weekly alimony which the defendant was required to pay to the plaintiff. The Superior Court has jurisdiction to modify alimony orders when there has been a change in the circumstances of the parties. The language of the statutory authorization for such modification has been changed in recent years but a condition precedent to any modification bas been a “material change of circumstances” or, as now, “a substantial change…